Welcome to SJRHEM’s newest feature, “Best of FOAM”. This is a quick curated list of the best free open access medical education the internet has to offer!
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EM procedures
- See how Justin Morgenstern optimizes the basics in emergency airway management and some great videos to go along with it
https://first10em.com/2017/10/23/airway-optimizing-the-basics/amp/ - Learn how to use bedside US as an adjunct to your abdominal exam in a patient with suspected acute appendicitis. Start scanning “where it hurts the most” and identify the iliac crest, iliac artery and psoas muscle
http://5minsono.com/appy/ - The “easy IJ”, internal jugular vein catheterization in stable patients where peripheral access has failed
https://sjrhem.ca/rcp-easyij/
Clinical summaries
- Because the type of fluid you use in resuscitation matters…see why you’re next sepsis patient should be getting Ringer’s Lactate for fluids http://epmonthly.com/article/in-sepsis-fluid-choice-matters/
- Next time you order broad spectrum antibiotics for your patient in the ED, take a moment to see if they cultured any resistant organisms previously
https://eminfocus.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/review-the-damn-cultures/ - Liver function tests decoded!
http://www.tamingthesru.com/blog/r1-diagnostics/decoding-lfts - Why is perichondritis more than just simple cellulitis and what can you do to avoid the disfiguring result of untreated perichondritis http://rebelem.com/perichondritis-not-just-simple-cellulitis
Kavish Chandra, R3 FMEM, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick
